The stability of The Associated Press Top 25 these past several weeks blew up during a tumultuous week of big victories and upsets.
Kentucky, Division I's only undefeated team, remained entrenched at No. 1 after two routs. The Wildcats (29-0) were a...

WICHITA, Kan. No. 11 Wichita State didn't waste its time in the college basketball spotlight.
The Shockers won their second straight Missouri Valley Conference title with a 74-60 win over No. 10 Northern Iowa on Saturday at Koch Arena.
The day started...

The most famous player ever to lace up his sneakers in the Missouri Valley Conference has been watching Northern Iowa and Wichita State for most of the season.
He watched them beat up on his alma mater, Indiana State. He watched as the Panthers' Seth...

Kentucky is No. 1 in the latest Associated Press Top 25, extending its season-long streak at the top of the rankings.
The Wildcats are not the only team locked into place.
For the sixth straight week, the same teams held the top seven spots in the poll,...

Kentucky faces perhaps its biggest obstacle on the road toward a perfect season during a huge week for teams in The Associated Press Top 25.
The top-ranked Wildcats, the only undefeated team in Division I, start the penultimate week of the regular season at Mississippi State before hosting No. 18 Arkansas on Saturday.
The Razorbacks have been playing well, winning six straight and nine of 10, so they could give Kentucky a run.
Of course, the Wildcats have played their best against the top programs ...

Northern Iowa keeps on winning, and it's not hard to see why. Just look at the defense.
Seth Tuttle and Nate Buss each scored 10 points, and the No. 11 Panthers won their 14th straight, clamping down on Loyola in a 58-39 victory Wednesday night.
"We want to play defense," said Buss, a senior. "We understand that's what's going to win us games. We know we always have to be focused on that end and we always are going to be focused on that end."
The Panthers (25-2, 14-1 Missouri Valley Conference) never...

Seth Tuttle and Nate Buss each scored 10 points, and No. 11 Northern Iowa won its 14th straight, beating host Loyola 58-39 Wednesday night.
The Panthers (25-2, 14-1 Missouri Valley Conference) never trailed and moved within one win of matching the 2009-10 team's school record streak.
They also tied a season low for points allowed while holding Loyola (16-11, 6-9) to its lowest scoring total, and this game was every bit as lopsided as the numbers indicated.
Northern Iowa led by 12 at halftime and...

INDIANAPOLIS — At NCAA headquarters, the basketball enthusiasts view Selection Sunday as Christmas morning.
This mock selection exercise would be akin to Thanksgiving.
"So let's eat," says David Worlock, the NCAA point man for this event.
And so it begins.
Twenty media types gathered for about 13 hours over two days in Indianapolis to earn degrees in bracketology.
Using results of games that ended Thursday and informed of projected conference tournament results (way to go, Colgate!), we...

Kentucky won its two games last week to push its record to 25-0, matching the best start in school history.
The Wildcats' run has sparked debate about whether they can become Division I's first undefeated team since Indiana in 1976.
But before Kentucky closes in on that piece of history, another rare achievement is within sight: Wire-to-wire No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25.
The Wildcats were the preseason No. 1 ahead of the 2014-15 season and were still there on Monday, when they were the...

NORMAL, Ill. No. 15 Wichita State added to its list of close victories at Redbird Arena with a 68-62 win on Saturday.
The Shockers will keep pace with Northern Iowa atop the Missouri Valley Conference with four games remaining. The Panthers play at Missouri State on Sunday.
WSU (23-3, 13-1 MVC) defeated Illinois State for the seventh straight time and a fifth in Redbird Arena. Illinois State (15-11, 7-7) lost its third straight game.
The Shockers never trailed, in part because of a 14-point edge at the...